Sacking and weighing machine.



A No. e43`,|o2.

A. M. BATES. SACKING AND WEIGI'HNG MACHINE.

l (Application f led Sept. 20, 1899.) (No Model.) 1 6 Sheets-Sheet l.

lNIl

will" MMM@ llllllI Patented Feb.'|3, |900.

No. 643,102. Patented Feb. |3,'|9oo'.

A. M. BATES.

l SAG'KING AND WEIGHING MACHINE.

(Application led Sept. 20, 1899.)

No Model.) @sheets-sheet 2.

No. 643,|02. Patented Feb. I3, |900.

A. M. BATES. SACKING AND WEIEHING MACHINE.

l. (Application led Sept. 20, 1899.) (No Mude l.) 6 Sheets-Sheet 3.

Patented Feb. I3', |900.

No. 643,l02.

A. M. BATES.

SACKING AND WEIGHING MACHINE.

(Application filed Sept. 20, 1899.) Y

' 6 Sheets-Sheet 4.

. 7/ T52-Z A57- T52-75 .f i ,e r ff' (No Model.)

`TAIIDEEaS MMM mi Patented Feb. I3, |900.

A. M. BATES. CKING AND WEIGHING MACHINE. I

(Appxicazion med sape. 2o, 1s99,)`

6 Sheets-Sheet 5.

(Ao Model.)

N0. 643,|02. i vPatented Feb. |'3l900.

A. M. BATES.

SACKING AND WEIGHING MACHINE.

(Application med sept. 2o, 1699.) (No Model.) A 6 Sheets-Shadi 6.

I 'mum size may be employed for the maximum UNITED ASTATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADELMER M.' BATES, or cI-IIcAeo, ILLINOIS.

-sAo'KiNo AND wales-Ime :vinci-uns.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,102, dated February 13, 1900.

Application Sled September 20, 1899. Serial No. 731,037. (No model.) i y To al?. whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADELMER M. BATES, a citizen of the United States, residingat the Hyde Park Hotel, city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sacking and Weighing Machines, of Whiohvthe following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to machines for automatically filling bags or sacks with a predetermined Weight of material;A and it has Vfor its primary object to provide a simple and efcient machine for accomplishing this end with the maximum degree of accuracy and despatch.

Another objectl of my inventionis to fill the bag or sack compactly, so that bags of miniweight of material.

With these endslinview my invention consists in certain features of novelty in the construction, combinaiion, and arrangementof parts by which the said objects and certain other objects hereinafter appearing are attained, all as fully described, with reference to the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out inu the claims.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my im proved machine, partlyin section and partly broken away. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailview showing the bag-support, filling-funnel, and jigging-plunger hereinafter described. Fig. 3 is a detail plan section taken on the line 8 3, Fig. l, showing the spider for supportingthe chutes, the parts' below the same being omitted from the View for the sake of clearness. Fig. 4 is an enlarged side elevation of the weighing-mech' anis'm and contiguous parts, showing the scale weighed down and the stream diverted from the bag-funnel. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the stream passing into the Abag-funnel. Fig. 6 is adetail plan section, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 6 6, Fig. 1. Fig. Tis a detail plan view of the corrugated or toothed jigging-ring hereinafter described. Fig. 8 is an enlarged det-ail View of a clip hereinafter described for connecting the jigging-plunger with its operating-stem. Fig. 9 is a side elevation. thereof. Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the jigging-trolley hereinafter explained. Fig. 1l is another view of the same,' taken at njaws open.

.ners thereof be completely lled out.

right angles'to theview in Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is an enlarged /detail View` of the bag-filling funnel and holder. Fig. 13 is a similar View looking at right angles to the view in Fig12. Fig. 14 is a plan section taken on the line la 14, Fig. 1. iliary weight hereinafter described. Fig. 16 is a side elevation of the weight and a part of the scale-beam. Fig. 17 is a side elevation,

partly in vertical section, of a modified form of machine.' Fig. 18 isa detail plan section taken ,on the irregular line 1 8 18, Fig. 17. Fig. 181is a further modification showing an inclined bottomifor supporting the bag when the latter isheld by the corner. Fig. 19 is a front elevation of a' modied form"v of vbag holder andv funnel, showing the holding-jaws closed. Fig. 2O is a similar view showing the Fig. 15is a detail View of an aux- Fig. 21 is a transverse section taken on the 1in@ 21 21, Fig. 22.. Eig. 22 is f View of the bag-holdin g funnel looking from the oppositel side to that presented in Figs. 19 and 20. Fig. 23 is a similar view showing the jaws open. Fig. 24is aplan view thereof. Fig. 25 .is a detail view showingdthe upper end of one ot the supporting-hooks of the bag holder resting on its support.

described, and Fig. .27 is a front view thereof.

Fig.' 26 isa side elevation of a lag-bar or stop hereinafter Like signs of reference indicate like parts throughout `the several Views.

The bag to be filled is preferably constructed with a small filling-aperture adapted to receive the end of a filling funnel or tube, so that after the bag has received the requisite amount of material it may be ready for shipment or storage .without further regard for closing the .filling-aperture; but it will nevertheless be understoodthat-while the 'described form of bag, which constitutes the subject-matter of the claims in United States Letters Patent No. 623,198, issued to me on the 18th day off,

April, 1899, is preferable, my machine is nevertheless adapted for use with any form of bag or receptacle...

In illin g bags with granular material-such. vas salt, sugar, iiour, codec, &c.-1t 1s often necessary to agiiate or vjostle the bag while the material is runningin-in order that the bag may receive its full capacity and all the cor- To the Ioo end, therefore, that this object may be accome p censos plished, l support the bag to be filled upon table or platform which is subjected to the constant agitation, during the greater part of the illing process, ci a jigging apparatus, while the neck of the bag is supported by a funnel having irregular support upon a scale, and this. funnel is arranged under a chute through which the material is su pplied to the funnel, but which chute is automatically closed by cut-off controlled by the scalebeam when the requisite weight is attained, and when once cut ofi it is held so by a lagu bar or lock adapted to be automatically released when another is placed in position.

Referring now more particularly to the view oi' the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 16, inclusive, 1 represents a hopper havin gits central portion converted, so-as to malte its bottoin incline toward its outer edges and into which hopper the material to be sacked is placed. This hopper is supported. upon a collar 2, which in turn is secured to the upper end of a hollow shaft or tube 3, journaled upon a vertical stud-shaft land supported by a pedestal 5, whereby the tube 3, together with the hopper 1, may revolve by any suitable train of gearing 6.

The hopper 1 is provided in its bottom at suitable intervals with discharge-openings 7,

amd secured beneath 'these are the chutes which direct the material to the bag-tunnels hereinafter described. 1t is found that in filling bags after this fashion with salt and similar granular material the same will not run freely through a tube that is closed from end to end, and in order to obviate this diniculty l constitute each of these chutes ot a number of funnel-shaped sections 8 9, the former being secured by suitable hangers 10 to the bottom of the hopper 1 and the latter by hangers vor brackets 1l to the lower end of the former in such a way that the lower end of 'the upper funnel 8 will discharge into the upper end of the lower funnel 9, leaving a space around thev lower end of the funnel 8 for the admission of air to the stream as it falls through the funnels. The lower ends of the tunnels 9 may also be supported and steadied by spider-arms 12, secured to the tube ln the y accompanying drawings ll have shown and described chutes as composed cach of two of the tunnels 8 9; butit will nevertheless be understood that the number is unlimited and governed only by the distance' which the material has to fall.

Secured to the tube 3 at a point below the spider 12 is another and smaller spider 13, upon which is fastened by means of bolts 14 or other suitable devices a number of brackets 15, each pair of which supports the knifeedge bar 16'of a scale-beam 17, such scales being equal in number to the number of chutes 8 9 employed and arranged approximately under the latter. The forward or outer end of the scale-beam 17 is forked, as shown more clearly at 18 in Fig. G, and each of these forks is provided with a pair of short y knife-edges 19, which project inwardly or toward each other and which serve for the suspension of the bag-support, which consists of a pair ot' hangersor bails 20, having their upper ends hooked, as shown at 21, so as to engage over the knife-edges 19. rlhe lower ends of the rods 20 are screw-threaded and provided with adjustable lugs 22, which serve to support a 'platform or table 23, through which the rods 20 pass, such table serving *for the support of the bag 24 durugthe filling and weighing operation. Located between the rods or hailsv 20 `is a bag filling and supporting tunnel 25, whose lower end or neck is adapted to be inserted through a small aperture, if required, while the upper end is sufliciently'enlarged to receive the stream as it ialls from the funnel 9. rllhis bag-filling funnel 25 is provided with a clip or clamp 26, secured to a yoke 27, which is pivoted at 28. to the side or the funnel, sothat by pressing upon the thumb-piece 29 of the clipthe lower clam ping end 30 thereof may be released from the bag. As a convenient means of pressing the clip against the bag l employ a `rubber band 3l, which passes around the fun nel and the clip just above shoulder or stop 32, formed on the clip by bending the latter, thus preventing the rubber band from slipping ott. lt is m'y purpose in the use of these bag-filling .tunnels 25 to insert the fnnnel'and secure it to the bag before the bag is putin place on its support 23, the operator being provided with a supply of the tunnels 25, so that they may be attached to the bags in advance and ready for instant application` to the machine. y'llhe tunnels 25 are supported while receiving thesupply from above by lugs 33, secured on opposite sides thereof and lit` ting downwardly over the knife-edges 19, so that they may be readily removed, together with the bag, bylfting upwardly to disengage the lugs 33 from -thevknife-edges 19.

ICO

IIC

With many forms of material-such as salt,

lower end,which rests upon a toothed or corrugated way 38, formed on a base-ring 39, which is preferably supported independently of the pedestal 5,' so that the jar will not be communicated to the weighing mechanism of the machine. The stems 36 rise and fall in suitable keepers orboxes 40, formed on the cross-arms 4l of a spide1"42, which is secured to the tube 3 and revolves there. with, so that as the weighing mechanism and bag-supports revolve the jigging-plungers 34 will bel rapidly vibrated against the un and the stream falling'from the funnel'9 is impinge a steel ring 44, supported on the ring 39, so that by turning down the screws 43 the trolleys 37 will be prevented from de-A scending to the entire depth of the notches in the way 38. As the weight nears attain-v ment the rear end of the scale-beam 17 rises gradually shut olf by a diverting-chute 45, suppported by bracket 46 on the scale-beam, thus diverting the material-from the funnel 9 and directing it into a hopper 47, which is common to all of the chutes and which is supported on and revolves with the tube 3.

As the material falls into the hopper 47 itenters the tube 3 through apertures 48 and is conducted up again into the hopper 1 by means of a vertical screw conveyer 49, rotated in the tube 3 by means of a gear 50, deriving motion from a shaft 51. The purpose of thus diverting the stream of material in preference to 'ejecting it is to avoid permity ting the material to crowd or jam in the chute 8 9', which would be the case with material, such as salt, sugar, flour, meal, dto.; but with the diverting-chute 47 the velocity and open character of the stream is maintained and this objectionable jamming of the material and clogging of the tubes and funnels is prevented.. As the lling of the bag nears completion it is desirable that the ejecting motion cease in order that there may be nothing to interfere with the accurate operation of the scale, Vand te this end l discontinue the toothed or corrugated way 38 on one side of the ring 39, as shownin Fig. 7, so that when the trolley 37 reaches thisvmutilated portion of the way 38 the bag will rest continually upon its support 23 and gradually weigh the beam down and draw the diverting-chute 45 under the funnel 9. As the beam weighs down a lag-bar 52, pivoted at 53 to the under side of the spider 12 adjacentto each ofthe scales, gradually falls over one of the knifeedges 19 on each of the scales, and thus holds the scale-beam elevated and the divertingchute 45 coincident with thefunnel 9 after the bag and funnel 25 are removed. The lower end of this lag-bar 52 is inclined 'and provided with a series of notches 54, as better shown in Fig. 5, so that the knife-edge 19 will be caught and held notwithstanding any variation in the extent to which the bag descends. is replaced on the knife-edges 19, the lag-bar 52 is readily and invariably released by contact with the hand of the operator and the scale-beam thereupon descends toits normal When the funnel25, with anew bag,-

position, the tail end thereof resting upon an I annular cushion 55, supported on the spider 13, and when the scale-beam rises it strikes an upper cushion 56, secured tol ring 57 on the tube 3. l

57 are the weights on the scale-beams. These are provided with set-screws 58,where by they may be locked in position when properly adjusted; but it is found in practice that it is practically impossible to turn up the sletscrews 58 without` forcing the weights 57 slightly out of adjustment. In order that this discrepancy may be compensated for, I provide the weights 57 with compensating Weights 59 in the form of horizontal setscrews threaded in the weights, so that Ythey may be screwedback and forth for bringing the center of gravity of the weightV nearer to or farther from the center of oscillation. rlhe set screws 58 'may also be employed for holding additional weights 60, arranged on the main weight 57, and having lugs 61 for holding'them against rotation on the screws 58. 9o

ln the use of the machine thev operator is supposed to sit near the mutilated portion 38a of the corrugated way 38.

-ln Figs. 17 and 18 of the drawings l have shown the machine appropriate for filling bags with such material as shot and other substances that iiow easily. In this machine 62 represents an annular hopper, V-shaped in cross-section, from whose inclined bottom depend a number of tubes 63, whose lower ends are sheared oif on the arc of a circle, and this arc has the same radins as a cut-off 64, supported by arm 65 on the scale-beam 17, so, that as the beam weighs'down the curved cutoff 64 will chine under and accurately close the lower end of the tube 63, shutting o the iiow of the material into the bag-lling funnel 25, which may be arranged directly under the tube 63 without the interposition of severe jar, I make the teeth of said track of different lengths, as shown in Fig. 7, the

shorteriteeth shown at the top of the figure being at the end of the track, where the bag is put on empty, so that the rapid vibrations will occur while the bag contains but a small quantity ofmaterial, it being understood that with this arrangement the trolleys, on one side of the track will rise and fall at longer periods apart than those on the ,other side, and hence unison lof movement will be prevented.

In Figs. y19 to 25, inclusive, l have shown a modification of the means for clamping the bagto the filling-funnel 25. This consists of a pair of cross-arms 66, pivoted together at IIO 66 bei' C sp '69 and hy set-screw 68, as it is unnecessary to agitate the duian ing the filling operation.,

"e 82 of the drawings i. have shown nport 23, there designated as 280,

in the fornf oi: a trough, so that when the is held by the corner vvhile being nlled, asin this figure, the hab-support or platform 23 will conform to the bottom ofthe bag l have also shown the `nail arms er rods 20 provided with a strap 20a, which extends behind the bag and against which the latter rests, thus forininga better support for the top of the bag and preventing the jigging motion from pulling it loose from the dllingefnnnel. order to better conform to the shape of the bag-support 23a, the plunger SLi-a in this form is set on an incline, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new therein, and desire to secure by l. l'n a bag-filling machine the combination of a revolving hopper, a plurality vof chutes leading downwardly therefrom, a plurality of weighing devices supported under said chutes and revolving with said hopper, a divertingchute supported upon each of said Weighing devices for diverting the material from the bag, a hopper for receiving the diverted materijal, a hollow shaft extending between the two said hoppers and having openings communicating therewith and a screw conveyor in said shaft for conveying the material from the lower., to the upper hopper, substantially as set forth.

2, ln a bag-filling machine the combination ofa vertical revolving tube, a ,hopper supported thereon and revolving therewith, a second hopper supported upon said tube below said iirst hopper and having communication with the interior of said tube, chutes leading downwardly from said first hopper, bag weighing and supporting devices supported upon and revolving with said tube,divertingchutes for diverting the material from the bags into f said second thopper and a screw conveyer in said tube for elevating the material from the lower hopper to the upper hopper, subst-antially as set forth.

3. In abag-filling machine the combination of a plurality of revolving Weighing devices,

Y ers, a toothed vertically-movable platfor' suspended from each of vices, toothed or oo ity of trol1 lunger trolley connected, if-

Ajs, for trav^ Way and means y ng the degree downward movement of said trolleys, substantialiy as set forth.

5. ln a bag-hiding machine the comin-inF4 of a chute 'for conveying material t 'i' bag, a Weighing devicei r weighing the bag, a cut-off actnated by s preventing the materiai irons euteringthe after the Weight has been e Jined and a piv oted lag-bar having sur; ce normally lagging against a surface inovr ,J n unison with the Weighing device adapted to engage therewith `when the 'Weighing device weighs down 'for holding said cut-off in its operative position, one of saidr surfaces being inclined so that the lag-har will engage and hold the trolleys aion weighing device for Weighing device at various degrees of depression of the Weighing device, substantially as set forth.

6. ln a bag-iiiling machine the combination of 'a chute for conveying the material to the bag, a scale for -Weighing the hag, a cut-off for preventing the material from entering the bag after the Weight has been attained and a toothed lag-bar normally tending to engage over a part of thevveighing device and holding thel chute closed after the bag has been removed, substantially as set forth.

7. In a bag-nlling machine thecombination of a chute for conveying the material to the bag, a scale having a beam, bag-support on said scale for supporting and Weighing the bag, a bag-filling funnel removably supported on said beam and having means for attachnient to the bag, substantially as set forth.

8., ln a bag-filling machine the combination of a chute for conveying the material to the bag, ascale for Weighing and supporting the bag having the knife-edge har 19, ay cut-od for said chute, a lag-bar resting normally against said. knife-edge bar l9 and having an inclined 'notched en'd for engaging thereover as the bar 19 descends, substantially as set forth.

9. In a bag-fillin g machine the combination of a scale, a bag-iilling funnel having means for grippingthe bag and means in connection with said funnel and scale whereby the funnel may be removably supported upon the scale and means for directing the material into said funnel, substantially as set forth.

10. In a bag-iilling machine the combination of ascale, a bag-support suspended therellOO from and a bag-filling funnel having means for gripping the bag and adapted to besupported independently of said bagsupport, substantially as set forth.

11. In a bag-filling machine the combination of a scale, a bag-snpportsuspended from said scale, means for jigging said support independently of the scale, and a bag-filling funnel having meansfor gripping the bag, supported on the scale independently of said bagsupport, substantially as set forthf 12. In a bag-filling machine the combination of a bag-support, a traveling'trolley, a tracknpon which said trolley travels having teeth or serrations of dierent lengths, means for imparting the jigging movement-of said trolley to the bag resting on said support and f means for iilling the bag, snbstantiallyas set forth.

14. 'In a'bagilling machine the combination of a series of traveling gravitating trolle'ys,a track upon which said trolleys travel having teeth or serrations of dierent size, a series 'of bag-holding devices traveling with said trolleys and means for imparting the jigging movement of said trolleys to the bags held by said holding devices respectively,sub stantially as set forth.

ADELMER M. BATES.

Witnesses:

F. A. HOPKINS, IEDNA B.JoHNsoN. 

